"The Envoy", Edward Wilson's second novel, will prove familiar territory for fans on "A River in May". The setting is 1950s London, at the height of the Cold War. Kit Fournier is ostensibly a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square who is also CIA Chief of Station. With the arms race looming large Kit goes undercover to meet with his KGB counterpart to pass on secret information about British spies. In a world where truth means deception and love means honey trap, sexual blackmail and personal betrayal are essential skills. As a H-bomb apocalypse hangs over London, Kit Fournier faces a crisis of the soul. The unveiling of his own dark personal secret proves more deadly than his coded dispatches. This sophisticated novel will have you turning pages until its gripping denouement.
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Praise for A River in May (1905147473, GBP7.99):'I've never read a Vietnam War novel as shocking and angry as Wilson's first novel. The Americans who trample through this book are mostly thugs and bullies fuelled by contempt for the people they are meant to be saving. There's no getting away from the book's raw power - highly recommended' - Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday'Once I started it of course I couldn't stop. Excellence of the highest, never a note wrong ... fills in all the black notes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness' - Alan Sillitoe'Wilson's tale, addressing the suffering of the Vietnamese, has integrity and evocative details, making this a worthwhile addition to the huge body of war novels. A vivid debut' - Metro London
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Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 141 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-1-905147-70-0 (9781905147700)
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Edward Wilson is a native of Baltimore. He studied International Relations on a US Army scholarship and later served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. He received the Army Commendation Medal with 'V' for his part in rescuing wounded Vietnamese soldiers from a minefield. His other decorations include the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. After leaving the Army, Wilson became an expatriate and gave up US nationality to become a British citizen. He has also lived and worked in Germany and France, and was a post-graduate student at Edinburgh University. He now lives in Suffolk where he taught English and Modern Languages for thirty years.
